Roberson, Jennifer.LADY OF SHERWOODKensington, (New York, 1999), Ist Kensington printing. 372 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1575664755 Great wraparound cover art by Yvonne Gilbert. "Lady Marian of Ravenskeep, her honor proving stronger than her desire, has forsaken a wedding to Robert of Locksley, since she fears she can never bear his child. It is with this knowledge that she makes an irrevocable choice - to flee into the depths of Sherwood Forest, where, amid wild tangled woods, she will be transformed from lady to warrior, as Robin Hood's partner in steali ng (King) John's gold, and as the woman who has captured his heart. Yet all who breathe know that the penalty of such a theft is hanging. Pursued by the Sheriff's army, the hour soon approaches when Robin Hood, Marian, and their band of followers will wage a desperate fight for liberty and country..." Minor wrinkle at bottom of spine, small shallow bump at op of front hinge area, tiny bump to bottom corners of boards, thin faint rub line across fore edge of textblock. Dust jacket has very minor edgewear, small wrinkle at top of rear flap fold. VG+/VG+
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12.50 USD

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Roberts, Chris.HEAVY WORDS LIGHTLY THROWN: THE REASON BEHIND THE RHYME.London Granta 2004 1862077657 / 9781862077652 Second Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ 176 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. "Was little Jack Horner a squatter? 'Baa, baa, Black Sheep' a bleat about taxation? What did Jack and Jill do on that hill? Who was Mary? And why was she contrary? This witty and ingenious book delves into the hidden meanings of the most innocuous-sounding nursery rhymes, revealing a seething subtext of sexual innuendo, religious hatred and political subversion. (It) provides a fascinating history lesson, teases out some alarming Freudian interpretations, and makes entertaining connections to contemporary political and popular culture." A few very tiny specks of faint glue residue on rear board. Dust jacket has 2' crease at bottom of rear hinge, very minor edge wear.
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15.00 USD

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Robin, Martin.THE RUSH FOR SPOILS: THE COMPANY PROVINCE, 1871-1933 & PILLARS OF PROFIT: THE COMPANY PROVINCE, 1934-1972. 2 VOLUME SET.Toronto McClelland & Stewart 1972 0771076754 / 9780771076756 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 318 pp, 351 pp, 9 1/4" H - 2 volume set. 'The Rush for Spoils' - published 1972, ISBN 0771076754. 'Pillars of Profit' - published 1973, ISBN 077107672X. B&w illustrations. "This is an extensively researched and thorough history of British Columbia that represents a new departure in the political and historical literature of the province. (The) first volume covers the years to 1933, when Conservative Premier Tolmie was replaced by the Liberal Pattullo. (The second volume covers) the stormy years of T.D. Pattullo's war on the Great Depression, the Liberal-Conservative coalition against Socialism, the reign of W.A.C. Bennett and Social Credit during twenty years of scandal and controversy and, finally, the victory of the N.D.P. under Dave Barrett in the general election of August, 1972. Dr. Robin's critical approach to the politicians, their ideologies and policies, is supported by a mass of facts that will make this well-written and entertaining study a standard reference work for years to come." The Rush for Spoils has minor wrinkle at bottom of spine and very small light stain on top of text block. Dust Jackets: 'The Rush for Spoils' has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, four small edge tears archivally taped. 'Pillars of Profit' has very light edge wear and rubbing.
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45.00 USD

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Robinson, Tony. Illustrated by Paul Cemmick.HOW THE BAND GOT TOGETHER. MAID MARIAN AND HER MERRY MEN SERIES.BBC Books, (London, 1992), reprint. Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the earliest legend about Maid Marian and Robin Hood...we learn how the Sheriff of Nottingham swallowed Marian's pet tadpole, Edwina. Once Marian had decided to rescue her pet from the Sheriff's murky depths, it was only natural that she should turn to Robin, a trendy go-for-it boutique owner, to design some costumes for herself and her Merry Men..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, two small soft corner creases. VG
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20.00 USD

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Robinson, Tony. Illustrated by Paul Cemmick.RABIES IN LOVE. MAID MARIAN AND HER MERRY MEN SERIES.BBC Books, (London, 1991), Ist edition. Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. A little known legend from Sherwood tells how Rabies tries to date Fergie, the strong and beautiful daughter of Sir William Ferguson. But the path of true love never does run smooth...in fact it runs straight into the Sheriff of Nottingham and his plot to marry off the terribly stupid Guy of Gisbourne..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear. VG+
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25.00 USD

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Robinson, Tony. Illustrated by Paul Cemmick.THE BEAST OF BOLSOVER. MAID MARIAN AND HER MERRY MEN SERIES.BBC Books, (London, 1990), Ist edition. Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. When the Beast of Bolsover, the foulest, most disgusting, bad-breathed squirrel strangler in the entire West Midlands, takes over Sherwood Forest, Maid Marian and her Merry Men are determined not to be evicted. But can even Marian outwit the cold-blooded maniacal Professor Nasty of the University of Disgusting Things that Make you Sick? Maybe she can, with the Sheriff of Nottingham's help. You don't believe me, do you? Well, read it and find out!" Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear. VG+
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18.00 USD

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Robinson, Tony. Illustrated by Paul Cemmick.THE WHITISH KNIGHT. MAID MARIAN AND HER MERRY MEN SERIES.BBC Books, (London, 1990), Ist edition. Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the well-known ancient tale of Maid Marian and Robin Hood, you may recall the unexpected visit (early one Tuesday morning in 1195) of the Whitish Knight (who was a sort of creamy beige colour, really). Had he merely come to reclaim his missing tea set? Or was he after something else...?" Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear. VG
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18.00 USD

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Robinson, Tony. Illustrated by Paul Cemmick.THE WORKSOP EGG FAIRY. MAID MARIAN AND HER MERRY MEN SERIES.BBC Books, (London, 1991), Ist edition. Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the (really really) old tale of the Worksop Egg Fairy we discover what happens when King John doesn't get his egg and soldiers for breakfast, how the soldiers get egg down their trousers, why the Sheriff gets egg on his face and who the Worksop Egg Fairy really is...or might be!" Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor creases at bottom of spine, minor edge wear. VG
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25.00 USD

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Ross, Judy Thompson. Research by Nina Czegledy-Nagy. Foreword by Donald Blake Webster.DOWN TO EARTH: CANADIAN POTTERS AT WORK.Nelson Canada 1980 0176007741 / 9780176007744 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good- Photographs by David Allen. 167 pp, 9 1/2" H x 10 1/2" D. B&w and colour photographs. "(A) pictorial celebration of Canadian potters and their art. Some of Canada's most accomplished ceramic artists express in their own words their thoughts and feelings about the art, craft and business of pottery. They speak about how they came to be potters, how the English, European and Oriental traditions have influenced them, how the landscapes surrounding them have affected their work, and how they have survived financially in an often precarious profession." Artists interviewed: Wayne Ngan; Robin Hopper; Byron Johnstad; Annemarie Schmid Esler; John Chalke; Jack Sures; Keith Campbell; Jack & Lorraine Herman; Ruth Gowdy McKinley; Roger Kerslake; Ann Mortimer; Gaetan Beaudin; Monique Bourbonnais Ferron; Maurice Savoie; Tim Worthington & Pam Birdsall; Walter Ostrom. Three tiny edge dents and one at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, light rubbing marks to glossy finish.
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27.50 USD

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Schroeder, Roger and Guge, Robert.CARVING MINIATURE WILDFOWL WITH ROBERT GUGE. HOW TO CARVE AND PAINT BIRDS AND THEIR HABITATS.Mechanicsburg, PA Stackpole 1997 0817727092 Soft Cover Very Good 272 pp, 4to (10 15/16" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, color plates. Contents: Introduction - With Respect for Birds; Puffins Take 1; A Robin in the Fox River Valley; A Tapestry of Puffin Activity; An Avian Anatomy Lesson; Creating a Birdscape; East to Maryland; The World Championships; Best in World; North to Alaska; Eagle Nest and Rock; East to Easton; A Partridge in a Field; Winter Miniatures; Back to The World with Bluebirds; Bibliography; A Sampling of Competitions and Exhibitions; Sources for Supplies. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, light rubbing, spine flat and uncreased.
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20.00 USD

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Scott, Walter, Sir.IVANHOE.London Collins Clear-Type Press Full-Leather Very Good 486 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt - in slipcase. Burgundy endpapers, b&w frontispiece, integral ribbon bookmark. A historical fiction of Wilfred of Ivanhoe, one of the last of the Saxon nobles at the time of King Richard I - other characters include Robin of Locksley and Isaac of York. Small black & silver vintage bookseller's label on free front endpaper (Sutherland's Brantford Established 1847). Tiny corner crease on half-title page, some light wrinkling to fore-edge of pages 177 to 192, minor wear at top/bottom of spine and at corners. Slipcase has come light edge wear, color variation on one side panel.
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20.00 USD

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Shelton, Russell C. Preface by Robin Inglis. Foreword by Admiral Maurice de Brossard.FROM HUDSON BAY TO BOTANY BAY: THE LOST FRIGATES OF LAPEROUSE.Toronto NC Press 1987 1550210106 / 9781550210101 First Edition Hard Cover Good Very Good 228 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "(R)ecounts the global voyage, and the efforts to uncover the fate, of a hero of 18th century Pacific exploration long familiar with Australians and Europeans, but little known in North America. Count Jean Francois de Galaup, de La Perouse, (now called Laperouse) had a distinguished naval career, serving in the West Indies, Mauritius, the Indian Ocean and North America. He defeated the British off Louisbourg and captured forts York and Prince of Wales on Hudson Bay. His scientific expedition in 1785 rivaled, in popular interest, the space voyages of today. The expedition rounded Cape Horn, sailed north to Chile, Easter Island, and Hawaii, and then explored and charted the coast of today's Alaska and British Columbia. They made their way south to San Francisco before sailing across the Pacific to Macao, the Philippines, Korea and Japan. They charted the Tartary Coast and the Kamchatka Peninsula, the farthest outpost of the Russian Empire. Turning south again, they made for Botany Bay via Samoa. On March 10, 1788, the Boussole and Astrolabe headed north and disappeared. Despite several search parties, it was not until 1827 that evidence of one of the wrecks was discovered by an Irish sea captain named Peter Dillon. It was only in 1962 that Reece Discombe, an expert in underwater salvage, found the flagship. Archaeological teams from Australia, France and Vanuatu continue to probe the wrecks to this day." Old tape residue marks at top/bottom edges of free endpapers, small bump at bottom of spine, tiny dents on top & bottom edges of boards - soiling also on bottom edges, small bump to top corner of boards. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, one very small tear archivally taped, light edge wrinkling - most at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds.
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17.50 USD